Get Alexa Rank with PHP
This code will get your Alexa rank, reach and links in.
<?php
class alexa
{
/* initial vars */
var $xml;
var $values;
var $alexa_address;
/* the constructor */
function alexa($alexa_address,$domain)
{
$this->alexa_address = $alexa_address;
$this->xml = $this->get_data($domain);
$this->set();
}
/* gets the xml data from Alexa */
function get_data($domain)
{
$url = $this->alexa_address.`http://`.$domain;
$xml = simplexml_load_file($url) or die(`Cannot retrieve feed`);
return $xml;
}
/* set values in the XML that we want */
function set()
{
$this->values[`rank`] = ($this->xml->SD->POPULARITY[`TEXT`] ? number_format($this->xml->SD->POPULARITY[`TEXT`]) : 0);
$this->values[`reach`] = ($this->xml->SD->REACH[`RANK`] ? number_format($this->xml->SD->REACH[`RANK`]) : 0);
$this->values[`linksin`] = ($this->xml->SD->LINKSIN[`NUM`] ? number_format($this->xml->SD->LINKSIN[`NUM`]) : 0);
}
/* returns the requested value */
function get($value)
{
return (isset($this->values[$value]) ? $this->values[$value] : `”`.$value.`” does not exist.`);
}
}
?>
To use this code above. Simply understand the code below.
<?php
/* retrieve & display rank */
$alexa_connector = new alexa(`http://alexa.com/xml/dad?url=`,`digg.com`); // domain only!
echo `Rank :: `.$alexa_connector->get(`rank`); // returns 118
echo ``;
echo `Reach :: `.$alexa_connector->get(`reach`); // returns 95
echo ``;
echo `Links In :: `.$alexa_connector->get(`linksin`); // returns 34,414
?>
Have fun coding!